Interestingly, data in this study did not yield an interaction effect
of parental depression on the association between intelligence and adaptive behavior in the younger group.
Results indicated that intervention effects on reductions in harsh parenting accounted for the association
between parental depression levels and slower epigenetic aging among offspring.
Although some research attention has focused on sibling connections, to date no one has looked at sibling relationships in families
with parental depression.
However, no significant interaction effect of intelligence and
parental depression on adaptive behavior was observed.
Conditions such
as parental depression, extreme poverty, substance abuse or domestic violence in the home can sometimes threaten the quality of early attachment relationships.
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of
parental depression in families of children with autism and in control families.
Specifically, it was predicted that
higher parental depression would have an effect on the intensity of relationship between intelligence and adaptive behavior.
The aforementioned relationship between cognitive abilities and adaptive behavior leads to the question of whether this is affected
by parental depression, particularly in children with language delay.
An adoption study
of parental depression as an environmental liability for adolescent depression and childhood disruptive disorders.
Conditions such
as parental depression, extreme poverty, substance abuse or domestic violence in the home can sometimes threaten the quality of early attachment relationships.
Hyperactivity in turn can be understood as a behavioural response to the fear, worry and relationship problems documented in families with parental depression [1].
When intelligence was partialed out, the relationship between
parental depression variable and communication domain was reduced to nonsignificance.
I work with many families where infants» frequent night waking
exacerbates parental depression and marital conflict, two factors known to have negative long - term effects on both mental and physical health.
This learning cluster consists of eight community organizations that are addressing
parental depression through innovative, low - stigmatizing strategies that build on peer social support and natural helpers.
Contextual factors include socioeconomic status, family stress, and conflict; parent factors
included parental depression; parenting factors included parental hostility, support, and scaffolding skills; child factors included child effortful control (EC), negative affect (NA), and sensory regulation.
Hear API Co-Founder and co-author of Attached at the Heart Barbara Nicholson and former NBC anchor Lu Hanessian
discuss parental depression with Kathleen Kendall - Tackett.
Conclusions These findings, if replicated, suggest that screening and intervention programmes targeted
at parental depression and marital problems should be considered antenatally, as well as postnatally.
Cummings (1995) stated that any changes in a family environment due to
parental depression increase the risk of developing a mood disorder in children.
See Child Trends» LINKS database («Lifecourse Interventions to Nurture Kids Successfully»), for reviews of many rigorously evaluated programs, including the following which have been shown to be effective at reducing the risks to children
from parental depression:
Elevated parental depression was expected to reduce the intensity of the interaction between intelligence and adaptive behavior after controlling for early intervention and neurological status (Hypothesis II).
Hierarchical regression procedures were used to determine interaction effects, that is,
whether parental depression, intelligence, or the demographic covariates differed in the relationship with adaptive behavior.
Significant indirect, cascading effects on age 6 ODD symptom levels were noted for age 4 socioeconomic status via age 5 conflict and scaffolding skills; age 4
parental depression via age 5 child NA; age 4 parental hostility and support via age 5 EC; age 4 support via age 5 EC; and age 4 attachment via age 5 EC.
Program results to be shared will be based on training data, referral data, enrollment rates, health records, parent child interaction measured by the PICCOLO, child development measured by the Ages and Stages Questionnaire, family development measured by the life skills progression and
parental depression measured by the PHQ - 9 and Parental Stress Index.
Family Connections is an early childhood mental health consultation and professional staff development program of Boston Children's Hospital that supports early childhood and home visiting programs in their outreach to families facing mental health challenges,
particularly parental depression.
In Central Americans, greater trauma exposure in families was found to be more related to family conflict and depression, whereas in South East Asians, increased trauma exposure was found to be associated with
less parental depression.
At the 4.5 - year follow - up the FTI group showed, relative to the lecture group, positive changes in family communication and children's understanding
concerning parental depression.
Because parental depression can modify the findings, we statistically controlled for the patient's baseline BDI as well as its change over the corresponding time period in the models.
Radke - Yarrow M, Klimes - Dougan
B. Parental depression and offspring disorders: A developmental perspective.
Parental depression negatively affects fathers» and mothers» caregiving, material support, and nurturance, and is associated with poor health and developmental outcomes for children of all ages, including prenatally.
Although children in this study with lower intelligence and higher
parental depression appear to be at risk for behavioral and socialization difficulties, caution must be exercised when generalizing these results to certain populations.
Correlation results did not indicate collinearity
among parental depression and intelligence independent variables (r = −.10, p =.50).
Thus, it is important to understand
how parental depression interacts with the deaf child's cognitive development and the effect that this interaction has on the relationship between intelligence and the deaf child's adaptive behavior.
After partialing out the effects of age at early intervention and NAR status, intelligence and
parental depression explained 63 % and 28 %, respectively, in their effects on adaptive behavior in deaf children.
According to a review by Downey and Coyne [27], marital distress contributes directly to children externalizing problems, and increases their risk for clinical depression by inducing and
maintaining parental depression.
To test Hypothesis I, a regression analysis was conducted assessing the degree to which a child's intelligence and
parental depression account for the child's adaptive behavior after controlling for demographic variables correlated with adaptive behavior.